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Measuring school social climate in Latin America: the need for multidimensional and multi-informant tests – A systematic review
(2023)
Introduction: School social climate is central to understanding learning experiences in education environments. Previous studies describe various conceptual and operational definitions around the construct; however, there ...
Assessing resilience to climate change in the US cities
(2012-03-09)
In the face of uncertainties associated with climate change, building adaptive capacity and resilience at the community level emerges as an essential and timely element of local planning. However, key social factors that ...
COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak pandemic is now a global crisis. It has caused 9+ million confirmed cases and
400,000+ deaths at the time of writing and triggered unprecedented preventative measures that have confined
a ...
ZONING OF CLIMATIC PARAMETERS TO THE PARANA SLOPE OF ITARARE WATERSHED
(Univ Estado Rio Janeiro, 2017-01-01)
The climate works as an energy input to the watershed and plays the role of controlling and influencing various components of the dynamics socio-environmental of this spatial cutout. Thus, the present study aims to propose ...
Socio-climatic hotspots in Brazil
(Springer, 2012-12-01)
Brazil suffers yearly from extreme weather and climate events, which can be exacerbated in a warmer climate. Although several studies have analyzed the projections of climate change in Brazil, little attention has been ...
Argentina, Brasil y las negociaciones internacionales sobre cambio climático
(Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, 2010-11)
Barrier Analysis and Needs Assessment of the Policy Environment for Agriculture in Nine CARICOM Countries
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 2023)
Provide an analysis of the critical challenges, barriers, and limitations to achieving climate resilience in the agri-food sector in the Caribbean region. Limitations in knowledge management and communication throughout ...
Introduction to modern climate change
Climate change is the variability of the climate system that includes the atmosphere, the biogeochemical cycles
(Carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle and Hydrological cycle), the land surface, ice and the biotic and abiotic ...
An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the health sector In Guyana
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-10-22)
Climate change is considered to be the most pervasive and truly global of all issues affecting humanity. It poses a serious threat to the environment, as well as to economies and societies. Whilst it is clear that the ...